Florida Press

11/21/2025

Our November e-newsletter features our holiday sale, books for Native American Heritage Month, upcoming author panels at the Miami Book Fair, an introduction to our fall interns, and much more. Click here to read it: conta.cc/4og8Gk8

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11/21/2025

We are attending the Miami Book Fair! Visit our booth in Section A to check out our new titles such as JUST FREEDOM by Daniel Rivero, A TOWN WITHOUT PITY by Jason Vuic, and MODERN ART IN 1940S CUBA by Alejandro Anreus, plus books by fair participants: WELCOME TO FLORIDA by Craig Pittman, OTHER PEOPLE'S MOTHERS by Julie Marie Wade, OF SLASH PINES AND MANATEES by Andrew Furman, and MIAMI'S ART BOOM by Elisa Turner.

Our booth is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. If you're in Miami, please stop by our booth and say hi! We look forward to seeing you there.

11/20/2025

If you're attending the American Anthropological Association annual meeting in New Orleans, please come stop by our booth where you can browse our recent and bestselling titles in anthropology and archaeology, including CITIZEN SCIENCE IN MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY, MONUMENTS AND MEMORY, and CIRCULATING CULTURE.

You can browse our anthropology titles and take advantage of our conference discount online at floridapress.org/31aaa25.

11/19/2025

University Press of Florida is delighted to announce the launch of our redesigned website! We invite you to explore our new home at floridapress.org.

The new website was built by Supadu, a leading website provider for both trade and university presses. Our goal was a bright, streamlined, and accessible online presence, and we are thrilled with the result. The website has a fully reimagined look and new features, such as the ability to browse books by subjects tailored to the Press’s current publishing areas, an enhanced shopping cart and checkout experience, and the sale of ebooks directly to customers for the first time in our history. That's right, you can now purchase ebooks from our website, thanks to Glassboxx and the Leaf eReader app.

We have also just launched our annual holiday sale! Visit our website and take advantage of the sale for 40% off your purchase and free shipping within the US on orders over $75. We suggest checking out MIAMI'S ART BOOM by Elisa Turner, which traces Miami’s transformation into a hub of global artistic exchange, or OTHER PEOPLE'S MOTHERS by Julie Marie Wade, a coming-of-age memoir. Our holiday catalog is also available to browse on our website. Use discount code 31HOL25, valid through December 31, 2025.

Visit us at floridapress.org!

11/14/2025

2025 invites Association of University Presses (AUPresses) members to explore the ways in which scholarly publishers and their authors with their networks to advance knowledge and foster understanding. Today we are highlighting one of the places WHERE our press collaborates: with independent bookstores and their communities in Florida and beyond.

University Press Week is an annual celebration of our global community of university presses. Each year, the Association of University Presses (AUPresses) takes a tour of the blogs in our... READ MORE

11/13/2025

In THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AMERICAN PROTESTS, authors April M. Beisaw and Dania Jordan-Talley use historical and contemporary archaeology to explore the past 400 years of American protest history, revealing how ideals such as equality, prosperity, and self-determination have been challenged and negotiated through protests and connecting today’s protest movements to those that came long before.

Exploring the history of American protest movements through an archaeological perspective, connecting protests of the past with resistance todayIn this book,...

11/12/2025

Want to travel around the world without leaving your house? Just pick up a book that was translated from another language. Whether you are reading a novel originally written in French, a memoir ori…

11/06/2025

We are attending the Southern Historical Association's annual meeting in St. Pete Beach, FL! If you're attending the meeting, please stop by our booth where you can check out our recent and bestselling titles in Southern history, including SOUTHERN METHODIST WOMEN AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, CRAFTING CONSTITUTIONS IN FLORIDA, 1810-1968, and SOUTHERN HISTORY REMIXED.

Browse our history titles and take advantage of our conference sale online at floridapress.org/31SHA25.

11/04/2025

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, edited by Richard F. Veit and Matthew A. Kalos, takes a holistic approach to the American Revolutionary War era, drawing on perspectives from archaeology and related disciplines to illuminate the multifaceted nature of the conflict.

“An excellent and timely addition to the literature on the archaeology of the American Revolution.”—Michael T. Lucas, coeditor of Archaeology of the War of 1812 “An incredibly significant contribu…

10/28/2025

Step into the vibrant heartbeat of Miami’s art scene during a transformative period in MIAMI’S ART BOOM. Award-winning art critic Elisa Turner presents over 100 of her best profiles, reviews, and stories to capture the evolution of Miami’s visual arts community before and after the inaugural Art Basel Miami Beach in 2002. This book reveals how a constellation of visionary artists, curators, galleries, and museums ignited a cultural revolution that propelled the region onto the international stage.

“Miami’s Art Boom takes art as the vantage point from which to examine the growth of a city. . . . [It is] an exploration of art as the cornerstone to growth.”—From the foreword by Franklin Sirmans…

10/23/2025

REGISTER NOW to attend our Fall 2025 Publishing Symposium, beginning today at 1:00 pm! This free, virtual event open to anyone interested in learning more about book publishing. Register here: bit.ly/2025PublishingSymposium